Always find me ~ ChanLix

2

"What?!"

"..."

The whole class goes silent. Only the sound of paintbrushes dropping and Felix's heavy breathing could be heard.

"Um... sorry, M-Mrs. Green. Will you excuse me f-for a second." Felix rushes out of the classroom, leaving a trail of paint after knocking it off his stand.

He runs and runs until he reaches the guys washroom. He enters one of the stalls and slams the door closed.

"Holy shit holy shit holy shit." He quickly opens up his Twitter account. His fingers fly across his screen to get to the Stray Kids page. Surely enough, there it was. Stray Kids were coming to Sydney.

"Oh crap oh crap oh crap." Felix starts panicking for an unknown reason. Many emotions and delusional thoughts start running through his body. What was he going to do? Would he go to the concert? Would he contact Bang Chan again after all this time? Does he still have his phone number in his contact list? Maybe he could try being friends-

Woah woah woah! Slow down Felix! He thinks to himself.

What makes you think Bang Chan would even talk to you. You're probably long gone from his mind by now. He's got better things to do than talk to your sorry ass.

But should I still go to the concert...?

No no no! Bad idea! Warning sirens go off in his mind.

You're going to totally freak out if you do!

On the other hand, what if he remembers...?

Maybe, just maybe, he still wants to bring you back...

RRRRIIIIIINNGGG!!!

The school bell goes off, signalling that it was now 3rd period. It startles Felix making him almost drop his phone in the toilet. He starts to hear commotion in the halls, all the students are heading to their next class or lunch.

Oh crap! I forgot I was going to meet that Oliver guy in the cafeteria!

Felix shoves his phone into his pocket and unlocks the stall door. He waits a minute so that the halls cool down a bit. The last thing he wants is to be stared and poked fun at by every passerby.

He makes it to the cafeteria and hides behind a wall. He looks around the crowd for his new... acquaintance? He spots Oliver sitting at the back with a bunch of guys. So called 'Jocks', is what you'd probably call them. When Felix saw him he felt excited, until he noticed the others of course.

Dammit... I think we just made eye contact.

Like hell Felix was going to sit with a bunch of jocks out of his own free will. He got far enough as to (kind of) actually enter the cafeteria. He pivoted on his heels and made his way to the doors.

Just like in the movies, he felt a hand in his shoulder. He turns and finds Oliver slumped over.

"Woah man, I just sprinted over to you." Olive gulps and catches his breath.

"You looked me straight in the eye, weren't you going to come sit?"

"Well yeah. But I, um, just realized that I um have somewhere to be." Felix try's to turn and leave, but Oliver has a tight grip on his shoulder.

"Oh come on, man. Let's go. I didn't tell my friends that you were going to join us. I'm sure they'll be fine with it. You'll have fun with us." Oliver releases his grip on Felix's shoulder, only to then grab his arm to tug him along.

As they walk through the cafeteria, people sitting at their tables give him the usual looks. Whispering and giggling is heard.

Do they never get tired of this...?

"Guys, this is Felix. I guess you probably already know that. According to what he told me." He refers to what Felix had told him that morning.

"Oh, I see, I guess he thinks he's some big shot now, huh?" One of the guys makes a sarcastic remark. The others around him laugh. Felix starts to freeze up out of complete embarrassment.

"Hey, Felix, why don't you come join us. Huh? We were actually just watching a video. Wanna join?" A guy sitting the to the left of the previous one asks.

"C'mon man, sit." Felix automatically sits out of a feeling close to fear.

The guy scoots closer to him and puts his phone out. He shows Felix his phone, only to have Stray Kids's newly released 'I am You' music video playing on the screen.

Felix watches for a second than turns his head away. The guys start laughing all while looking at Felix's facial expression. One of sadness and disgust. He didn't feel disgust for the group on the screen. No. He felt disgusted of himself. The guys around the table high five the one holding the phone.

"Hey, is that the group you were going to be apart of?" Oliver asks Felix.

"Um... yeah..." Felix says, as though embarrassed.

"Cool! I mean, the fact that you were going to is pretty cool." Oliver says, making Felix blush out of surprise and feel a little better.

"Ooh, does someone have a crush on mister wannabe idol over here?" A guy sitting to the right of Oliver nudges his arm with his elbow.

"Nah man. But Felix is pretty cute, for a guy." He says while looking Felix in the eyes. Felix blushes even deeper, if possible. He feels a bit happy that Oliver thought he was cute, until he saw a weird glint in his eyes.

Strange...

"Dude, we gotta hurry! The bells gonna ring in a few! Eat on the way to your locker!" Oliver's friend warns him.

"Oh! Thanks man!" Oliver gets up and starts leaving the table.

"Well, bye then! See ya later." Felix snaps out of his thoughts and looks up at Oliver.

"Uh, yeah. Bye..." Felix gathers himself and gets up as well. He leaves the cafeteria after Oliver and watches as he and his friends scamper off to their classes. He lets out a long sigh,

It's probably nothing...

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The rest of the school day went by quickly and before Felix knew it, the bell for the end of the day rang. He collected all his things into his bag and made sure to hurry out of the school before Oliver saw him. Not that he's avoiding him or anything, he just had somewhere he desperately needed to go. He hadn't gone in a while, a visit was surely overdue.

The dance studio.